Elby v. Livernois Engineering Co.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for plaintiff; the case was tried on an agreed statement of facts. It involves the status of 16 of defendant’s former employees under a profit-sharing trust agreement. The employees involved were employed hy defendant for a portion of 1968; the question is whether or not they are entitled to benefits under the trust agreement for the year 1968. The trial court ruled that they were so entitled; defendant appeals.

The trial court ruled that the agreement did not require plaintiff to seek a determination of his status from the “advisory hoard” established…